{"id":17438,"date":"2025-05-20T02:53:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T00:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=17438"},"modified":"2025-05-22T05:55:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T03:55:38","slug":"episode-360-ben-luxon-king-of-crossover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/20\/episode-360-ben-luxon-king-of-crossover\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 360. Ben Luxon: King of Crossover"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mega-menu-wrap-primary\" class=\"mega-menu-wrap\"><div class=\"mega-menu-toggle\"><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-left\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-center\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-right\"><div class='mega-toggle-block mega-menu-toggle-animated-block mega-toggle-block-1' id='mega-toggle-block-1'><button aria-label=\"Menu\" class=\"mega-toggle-animated mega-toggle-animated-slider\" type=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"mega-menu-primary\">\n                  <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-box\">\n                    <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-inner\"><\/span>\n                  <\/span>\n                <\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><ul id=\"mega-menu-primary\" class=\"mega-menu max-mega-menu mega-menu-horizontal mega-no-js\" data-event=\"hover_intent\" data-effect=\"slide\" data-effect-speed=\"200\" data-effect-mobile=\"slide\" data-effect-speed-mobile=\"200\" data-mobile-force-width=\"body\" data-second-click=\"go\" data-document-click=\"collapse\" data-vertical-behaviour=\"standard\" data-breakpoint=\"600\" data-unbind=\"true\" data-mobile-state=\"collapse_all\" data-mobile-direction=\"vertical\" data-hover-intent-timeout=\"300\" data-hover-intent-interval=\"100\"><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-home mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19160\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19160\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/\">Home<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19161\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19161\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/about-daniel\/\">About Daniel<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-current_page_parent mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19171\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19171\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/all-episodes\/\">All Episodes<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Episode 360. Ben Luxon: King of Crossover<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1550-podcast&amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>SOCIAL SHARE<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong>SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7e5fce0a wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link no-border-radius wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/\">SUBSCRIBE VIA YOUR FAVORITE PODCAST PLATFORM<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"689\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Luxon-Britten-snapshot-689x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Luxon-Britten-snapshot-689x1024.png 689w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Luxon-Britten-snapshot-202x300.png 202w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Luxon-Britten-snapshot.png 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 689px) 100vw, 689px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Benjamin Luxon, the esteemed Cornish baritone who died at the age of 87 last July, had one of the most wide-ranging repertoires of any singer of the past century, from the classical repertoire (including opera, oratorio, art song over the course of at least four centuries and in a host of languages, including work written expressly for him) through Victorian parlor song, to traditional folk. Additionally, in the early 1980s he recorded a trilogy of crossover albums for British RCA, all three of which are sampled on this episode. The first, <em>Some Enchanted Evening<\/em>, features show tunes; the second, <em>As Time Goes By<\/em>, a broad spectrum of movie-related songs; and the third, <em>Something Else Again<\/em>, highlights folk rock arrangements as well as original compositions by singer-songwriters of the period. In addition, I read from a particularly perceptive 2009 interview with Luxon in which he candidly discusses his hearing loss and how that impacted his singing career and his life as a performer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The complete interview between Jason Victor Serinus and Benjamin Luxon from which I quote extensively on the episode: <a href=\"https:\/\/hometheaterhifi.com\/features\/musician-vocalist-artist-interviews\/the-ongoing-career-of-baritone-benjamin-luxon\/\">https:\/\/hometheaterhifi.com\/features\/musician-vocalist-artist-interviews\/the-ongoing-career-of-baritone-benjamin-luxon\/<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"691\" height=\"791\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Luxon-Smiling-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Luxon-Smiling-2.png 691w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Luxon-Smiling-2-262x300.png 262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-size\" style=\"font-size:30px\"><strong> RECORDINGS HEARD IN THIS EPISODE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"582\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17670\" style=\"width:622px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy.jpg 582w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-291x300.jpg 291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 582px) 100vw, 582px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>from <em>As Time Goes By <\/em>[1981]. Owain Arwell Hughes, National Philharmonic Orchestra<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster: Love Is a Many Splendo[u]red Thing (theme from the film of the same title)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Herman Hupfeld: As Time Goes By (as heard in <em>Casablanca<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Luxon-Seventies-Headshot-750x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17677\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Luxon-Seventies-Headshot-750x1024.png 750w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Luxon-Seventies-Headshot-220x300.png 220w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Luxon-Seventies-Headshot-768x1049.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Luxon-Seventies-Headshot.png 785w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1016\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AlbumArtSmall-1024x1016.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AlbumArtSmall-1024x1016.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AlbumArtSmall-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AlbumArtSmall-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AlbumArtSmall-768x762.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AlbumArtSmall.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>from <em>Something Else Again<\/em> [1983]. Produced by Robert Howes and David Cullen; arranged by David Cullen [1983]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chris de Burgh: Something Else Again<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"923\" height=\"705\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Luxon-Smiling.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Luxon-Smiling.png 923w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Luxon-Smiling-300x229.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Luxon-Smiling-768x587.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 923px) 100vw, 923px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"947\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Folder-Copy-1024x947.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Folder-Copy-1024x947.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Folder-Copy-300x277.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Folder-Copy-768x710.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Folder-Copy.jpg 1246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>from <em>Some Enchanted Evening<\/em> [1980]. Owain Arwell Hughes, National Philharmonic Orchestra<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II: Some Enchanted Evening (<em>South Pacfic<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II: The Surrey with the Fringe of Top (<em>Oklahoma!<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim: Maria (<em>West Side Story<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"503\" height=\"713\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/LuxLux.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17697\" style=\"width:609px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/LuxLux.png 503w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/LuxLux-212x300.png 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 503px) 100vw, 503px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Meredith Willson: Seventy-Six Trombones (<em>The Music Man<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II: Soliloquy (<em>Carousel<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II: All the Things You Are (<em>Very Warm for May<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"558\" height=\"539\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Luxon-in-2015-Interview.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Luxon-in-2015-Interview.png 558w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Luxon-in-2015-Interview-300x290.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"596\" height=\"975\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Luxon-Late-Sixties-Headshot.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Luxon-Late-Sixties-Headshot.png 596w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Luxon-Late-Sixties-Headshot-183x300.png 183w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>from <em>As Time Goes By <\/em>[1981]. Owain Arwell Hughes, National Philharmonic Orchestra<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Riz Ortolani, Nino Oliviero, Marcello Ciorciolini, Norman Newell [English text]: More (<em>Mondo Cane<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gene De Paul, Johnny Mercer: Spring, Spring, Spring (<em>Seven Brides for Seven Brothers<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"817\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Luxon-en-dehors-1024x817.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Luxon-en-dehors-1024x817.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Luxon-en-dehors-300x239.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Luxon-en-dehors-768x612.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Luxon-en-dehors.png 1032w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>David Raksin, Johnny Mercer: Laura (theme from the film of the same name)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer: Moon River (<em>Breakfast at Tiffany&#8217;s<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jerome Kern, Ira Gershwin: Long Ago and Far Away (<em>Cover Girl<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"802\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Luxon-White-Beard-Tux-802x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Luxon-White-Beard-Tux-802x1024.png 802w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Luxon-White-Beard-Tux-235x300.png 235w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Luxon-White-Beard-Tux-768x980.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Luxon-White-Beard-Tux.png 818w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 802px) 100vw, 802px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"283\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Luxon-CSO-Memorial-Photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17681\" style=\"width:560px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Luxon-CSO-Memorial-Photo.jpg 283w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Luxon-CSO-Memorial-Photo-236x300.jpg 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 283px) 100vw, 283px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>from <em>Something Else Again<\/em>. Unless otherwise noted, arranged by David Cullen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional: My Love and I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional: She&#8217;s Like the Swallow<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"537\" height=\"455\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Luxon-web.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Luxon-web.jpg 537w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Luxon-web-300x254.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 537px) 100vw, 537px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional, arranged Eric Bogel: Green Fields of France<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don McLean: Tomorrow<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don McLean: Crossroads<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"557\" height=\"811\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Luxon-RVW-TRIMMED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Luxon-RVW-TRIMMED.jpg 557w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Luxon-RVW-TRIMMED-206x300.jpg 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"821\" height=\"826\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AlbumArtSmall-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AlbumArtSmall-1.jpg 821w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AlbumArtSmall-1-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AlbumArtSmall-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AlbumArtSmall-1-768x773.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 821px) 100vw, 821px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional Irish, arr. Frederick Weatherly: Danny Boy. Benjamin Luxon, David Willison, Carl Davis, The Delme Quartet [1990]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"625\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Luxon-Willison-1024x625.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Luxon-Willison-1024x625.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Luxon-Willison-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Luxon-Willison-768x469.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Luxon-Willison.png 1343w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">David Willison and Benjamin Luxon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-1-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-1-1600x1600.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional Welsh, arr. Bill Crofut, Benjamin Luxon: All through the Night. 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